Brodie Buckland

Brodie Buckland
Final of the coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Buckland
Born (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 40)
Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
Home townOlympia, Washington, U.S.
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportRowing
EventMen's pair

William "Brodie" Buckland[1][2] (born 12 December 1983) is an American-born Australian rower.[3][4] He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the men's pair event together with his teammate James Marburg.[5] They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a fifth place.[6] He graduated from Harvard University in 2006.[7] Buckland was born in Longmont, Colorado, and raised in Olympia, Washington.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "William Buckland". Olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2022. Born in Colorado, USA, Brodie Buckland moved to Australia to pursue his studies and rowing.
  2. ^ Searle, Caroline (13 March 2007). "2007 Boat Race Crews Announced". row2k news. Retrieved 4 June 2022. William "Brodie" Buckland
  3. ^ "Brodie Buckland". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Olympics - American-born Buckland to row for Australia in London". Reuters. 12 June 2012. Buckland, who rowed for the United States at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships ... was born in Colorado and competed for the University of Washington and Harvard before moving to Australia shortly after the Beijing Games and becoming a naturalised citizen in February
  5. ^ "Brodie Buckland - Rowing - Olympic Athlete". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's Pair - Olympic Rowing". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Two Former Harvard Teammates Have Taken Different Paths to 2012 Games". The Harvard Crimson. 27 July 2012.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brodie Buckland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.


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